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Artificial metacognition: Giving an AI the ability to ‘think’ about its ‘thinking’

  • Written by Ricky J. Sethi, Professor of Computer Science, Fitchburg State University; Worcester Polytechnic Institute
imageAIs could use some self-reflection.davincidig/iStock via Getty Images

Have you ever had the experience of rereading a sentence multiple times only to realize you still don’t understand it? As taught to scores of incoming college freshmen, when you realize you’re spinning your wheels, it’s time to change your approach.

This process,...

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Political polarization in Pittsburgh communities is rooted in economic neglect − not extremism

  • Written by Ilia Murtazashvili, Professor of Public Policy, University of Pittsburgh
imagePittsburgh is a city where your politics often depend on how your community and neighborhood are doing.Rebecca Droke/AFP Collection via Getty Images

When it comes to political polarization in the United States, the Pittsburgh region offers a useful window into what communities can do about it.

Pittsburgh is a “comeback city.” The...

Read more: Political polarization in Pittsburgh communities is rooted in economic neglect − not extremism

What we get wrong about forgiveness – a counseling professor unpacks the difference between letting go and making up

  • Written by Richard Balkin, Distinguished Professor of Counselor Education, University of Mississippi
imageTake stock of your feelings, and the other person's, before you decide what kind of forgiveness to offer.Jacob Wackerhausen/iStock via Getty Images Plus

Two in five Americans have fought with a family member about politics, according to a 2024 study by the American Psychiatric Association. One in five have become estranged over controversial...

Read more: What we get wrong about forgiveness – a counseling professor unpacks the difference between...

Rebirth of the madman theory? Unpredictability isn’t what it was when it comes to foreign policy

  • Written by Andrew Latham, Professor of Political Science, Macalester College
image🎶 When the madman flips the switch, the nuclear will go for me 🎶Columbia Pictures, CC BY-SA

Tariffs are on, until they are not. Military force is an option … and then it’s off the table.

Erratic behavior and unpredictability is having a moment in foreign policy circles. In the White House and elsewhere, it is seemingly...

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Why too much phosphorus in America’s farmland is polluting the country’s water

  • Written by Dinesh Phuyal, Postdoctoral Associate in Soil, Water and Ecosystem Sciences, University of Florida
imageA spreader sprays sewage sludge, which is rich in phosphorus, across a farm in Oklahoma.AP Photo/Joshua A. Bickel

When people think about agricultural pollution, they often picture what is easy to see: fertilizer spreaders crossing fields or muddy runoff after a heavy storm. However, a much more significant threat is quietly and invisibly building...

Read more: Why too much phosphorus in America’s farmland is polluting the country’s water

Marine protected areas aren’t in the right places to safeguard dolphins and whales in the South Atlantic

  • Written by Guilherme Maricato, Pós-doutorando no Programa de Pós-Graduação em Ecologia, UFRJ
imageWhales have become increasingly common in regions such as the northern coast of São Paulo, which also has heavy ship traffic.Julio Cardoso/Projeto Baleia à Vista

The ocean is under increasing pressure. Everyday human activities, from shipping to oil and gas exploration to urban pollution, are affecting the marine environment....

Read more: Marine protected areas aren’t in the right places to safeguard dolphins and whales in the South...

How the polar vortex and warm ocean are intensifying a major US winter storm

  • Written by Mathew Barlow, Professor of Climate Science, UMass Lowell
imageBoston and much of the U.S. faced a cold winter blast in January 2026.Craig F. Walker/The Boston Globe via Getty Images

A severe winter storm sweeping across the central and eastern U.S. in late January 2026 is threatening states from Texas to New England with crippling freezing rain, sleet and snow. Several governors issued states of emergency as...

Read more: How the polar vortex and warm ocean are intensifying a major US winter storm

How the polar vortex and warm ocean intensified a major US winter storm

  • Written by Mathew Barlow, Professor of Climate Science, UMass Lowell
imageBoston and much of the U.S. faced a cold winter blast in January 2026.Craig F. Walker/The Boston Globe via Getty Images

A severe winter storm that brought crippling freezing rain, sleet and snow to a large part of the U.S. in late January 2026 left a mess in states from New Mexico to New England. Hundreds of thousands of people lost power across...

Read more: How the polar vortex and warm ocean intensified a major US winter storm

ICE immigration tactics are shocking more Americans as US-Mexico border operations move north

  • Written by Kelsey Norman, Fellow for the Middle East, Baker Institute for Public Policy, Rice University
imageFederal agents deploy tear gas as residents protest a federal agent-involved shooting during an immigration enforcement operation in Minneapolis, Minn., on Jan. 14, 2026.Madison Thorn/Anadolu via Getty Images

Over the past year, images of masked, heavily armed Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents arresting men, women and children –...

Read more: ICE immigration tactics are shocking more Americans as US-Mexico border operations move north

‘We want you arrested because we said so’ – how ICE’s policy on raiding whatever homes it wants violates a basic constitutional right, according to a former federal judge

  • Written by John E. Jones III, President, Dickinson College
imageTeyana Gibson Brown, wife of Liberian immigrant Garrison Gibson, reacts after a federal immigration officer arrested her husband in a warrantless raid in Minneapolis, Jan. 11, 2026, in what a judge later ruled was a violation of Gibson's Fourth Amendment rights. AP Photo/John Locher

As Immigration and Customs Enforcement, or ICE, agents continued...

Read more: ‘We want you arrested because we said so’ – how ICE’s policy on raiding whatever homes it wants...

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